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additive manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing

For more than 60 years Keypoint Intelligence has been the UNBIASED third-party lab testing, evaluation, review and marketing partner for the industry. Our dedicated additive manufacturing printer testing lab, with quality control processes, follow in the footsteps of reliable and rigorous testing and competitive information.


Our labs can custom tailor a test for your additive manufacturing device(s) for engineering needs, end client requests, or marketing validation. Whether you’re looking for a competitive head-to-head analysis, pre-launch testing, or even solutions testing, we can design a test to suit your needs.
Who can benefit from our testing?
Who can benefit from our testing?
Engineering
Engineering
  • Pre-launch custom testing identifies flaws or competitive feature weaknesses
  • With Keypoint Intelligence’s public tests, we evaluate & research all the latest features and capabilities from the competition and have a deep understanding of different additive manufacturing audience’s needs (end customer & channels)
Marketing
Marketing
  • Keypoint Intelligence's Awards are globally recognized as THE standard for our industry
  • Promote award winning products through our and your audiences
Sales
Sales
  • Salespeople around the world use our independent 3rd party test reports to show the capabilities of your products
Additive Manufacturing Lab Testing and Analysis Services
Tests & Methodologies
Setup
Setup
Keypoint Intelligence’s lab technicians evaluate the ease of setup, configuration of the device, and make recommendations to optimize performance or quality.
User Experience
User Experience
The “user experience” provides a detailed assessment of the complete device ecosystem including ease of use of the device, job submission, software and post processing equipment.
Software
Software
With software, we evaluate the slicer and its processing times, device monitoring and management, as well as the different file formats that can be used.
Feature Details and Accuracy
Feature Details and Accuracy
Keypoint Intelligence evaluates several different test targets by putting the device through its paces for different additive manufacturing situations. We utilize in-house measurement equipment to analyze and evaluation device output’s quality in various speed scenarios.
Tensile Strength
Tensile Strength
Keypoint Intelligence can measure through various methodologies, the strength of the object in different scenarios based on industry requirements.
Repeatability
Repeatability
Similarly, our lab technicians look at a myriad of test targets to ensure the manufacturing repeatability of the same target with consistent quality and speed.
Speed
Speed
With a myriad of test targets, Keypoint Intelligence also looks and measure the speed of different quality settings to provide users with real life speed expectations from the device.
Chemical Composition
Chemical Composition
Through our partnerships, we can provide a chemical analysis to ensure the outputs ability can be used in different industries.
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What We Are Currently Testing
Review and Report Examples
Review of the RAYSHAPE Shape 1+
Francis Anamaria, Technician in Keypoint Intelligence’s US lab, talks about the noteworthy features—and their benefits—that our additive manufacturing test team likes about the RAYSHAPE Shape 1+
Review of the Nexa3D XiP
Francis Anamaria, Technician in Keypoint Intelligence’s US lab, goes through an intriguing list of the features that our additive manufacturing test team likes about the Nexa3D XiP, along with the benefits of each.
Review of the Shining AccuFab-L4D
Francis Anamaria, Technician in Keypoint Intelligence’s US lab, looks at some of the features that our additive manufacturing test team likes about the Shining AccuFab-L4D as well as the benefits of each.
3D Testing Methodology: Accuracy
Producing an object using 3D print technology is one thing, it’s more about how accurate the object is as well as the consistency of output. Francis Anamaria, Technician at Keypoint Intelligence, details how exactly we test accuracy and what we look for during additive manufacturing device testing in our US lab.
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3D Systems FabPro 1000 Test Report
This report shows the results from over 600 hours of testing by our lab technicians to evaluate the speed, ease-of-use, and accuracy of the 3D Systems FabPro 1000.